What other security apps are you running?
Do you have any other firewalls enabled, XP's or a router, etc.?

Sygate usually works well with most apps, but it can get fussy with some other programs.

The more information you can give us at the time of installing Sygate Pro, the better it will be to help determine what could be causing the inbound block.

I have Sygate (free) myself and only ever had one problem with inbound being blocked, but that was because I had an older version (4) of Sygate and installed Port Explorer, which works only with Sygate 5 and up.

One of our Firewall Experts will hopefully see your thread here and maybe they can offer more advice with the rule sets. I am sorry I cannot help with Advanced Rules as I only use Sygate's Application rules.

I've done all the above. Not only trying to surf, ftp, mail, games, whatever requires the internet I do see the outgoing ...

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Does all of this outbound (surfing, etc.) work OK?

... but no incoming.

I have a router in the loop yes.

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With a router in the loop it will be dealing with the unsolicited inbound traffic and the software firewall on your system should not see any blocked inbound unless you have forwarded anything through the router.

Now I did a test and installed Kaspersky Anti-Hacker.... same problem occurs... what I'm thinking is that I previously tested Zone Alarm Pro... and I think some left over files are creating this havoc....

Now I did a test and installed Kaspersky Anti-Hacker.... same problem occurs... what I'm thinking is that I previously tested Zone Alarm Pro... and I think some left over files are creating this havoc....

Would appear to have started after removing LnS, would that be correct?

Did LnS leave anything behind after the install that could be conflicting with Sygate and Kaspersky? You might want to check for any registry entries or drivers that may not have been uninstalled properly.

What time frame have you been doing this testing over? If you are running XP you may want to consider a restore point prior to all this.

I just to fed up and took out my ghost and reloaded the system from my last backup.

It would appear that the problem was caused by vsmon.dll from ZA Pro wich is left on the PC after uninstall and reboot. It keeps running even thought it's not listed in the service. With that it creates a conflict. Also notice a memory leak in Zone Alarm Pro v5 built 2525, high cpu usage and sudden memory drop.